The city traffic engineer is authorized to regulate the timing of traffic signals so as to permit the movement of traffic in an orderly and safe manner at speeds slightly at variance from the speeds otherwise applicable within the district or at intersections, and shall erect appropriate signs giving notice thereof.
(Ord. 52 § 14, 1975)
Pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 22357, the city has prepared engineering and traffic surveys for speed limits dated May 1, 2008, November 6, 2012, February 21, 2013 and April 22, 2017, and has relied upon the Palm Desert engineering and traffic survey dated November 23, 2020, and establishes the following speed limits:
Street
Location
Speed Limit
Bob Hope Drive
From Interstate 10 to Ramon Road
45
From Ramon Road to Dinah Shore Drive
55
From Dinah Shore Drive to Gerald Ford Drive
50
From Gerald Ford Drive to Frank Sinatra Drive
55
From Frank Sinatra Drive to Country Club Drive
45
From Country Club Drive to Clancy Lane
45
From Clancy Lane to Highway 111
45
Cholla Lane
From Verbenia Road to Country Club Drive
35
Country Club Drive
From Highway 111 to Morningside Drive
45
From Morningside Drive to Bob Hope Drive
45
From Bob Hope Drive to Monterey Avenue
50
Cypress Lane
From Palm View Road to Los Alamos Drive
30
From Los Alamos Drive to East End
30
Da Vall Drive
From Century Park Drive to Ramon Road
45
From Ramon Road to Dinah Shore Drive
45
From Dinah Shore Drive to Gerald Ford Drive
50
From Gerald Ford Drive to Frank Sinatra Drive
45
Dinah Shore Drive
From Plumley Drive to Mission Hills Drive North
50
From Mission Hills Drive North to Bob Hope Drive
50
From Bob Hope Drive to George Montgomery Way
50
From George Montgomery Way to Monterey Avenue
45
Dunes View Road
From Highway 111 to Gardess Road
30
Frank Sinatra Drive
From Highway 111 to Morningside Drive
50
From Morningside Drive to Bob Hope Drive
50
From Bob Hope Drive to Monterey Avenue
55
From Ritz Carlton Hotel to Highway 111
35
Gerald Ford Drive
From Plumley Road to Da Vall Drive
50
From Da Vall Drive to Bob Hope Drive
50
From Bob Hope Drive to Monterey Avenue
50
Ginger Rogers Drive
From Bob Hope Drive to Victoria Falls Drive
30
Highway 111
From Southeast City Limits to Bob Hope Drive
45
From Bob Hope Drive to Indian Trail Road
45
From Indian Trail Road to Mirage Road
45
From Mirage Road to Thunderbird Road/Fairway Drive
50
From Thunderbird Road/Fairway Drive to Country Club Drive
50
From Country Club Drive to Mirage Cove Drive
50
From Mirage Cove Drive to Frank Sinatra Drive
50
From Frank Sinatra Drive to Northwest City Limit
50
Indian Trail Road
From Highway 111 to Halgar Road
30
La Paz Road
From Los Reyes Drive to Thompson Road
30
Los Alamos Drive (S)
From Sunny Lane to Gerald Ford Drive
30
From Tamarisk Lane to Gerald Ford Drive
35
Los Alamos Road (N)
From Dinah Shore Drive to Ramon Road
50
Los Reyes Drive
From Sunny Lane to La Paz Road
30
Magnesia Falls Drive
From Joshua Road to Highway 111
30
From Highway 111 to Gardess Road
30
Mirage Road
From Highway 111 to Indian Trail Road
30
Monterey Avenue
From South City Limit to Clancy Lane
50
From Clancy Lane to Country Club Drive
50
From Country Club Drive to Frank Sinatra Drive
55
From Frank Sinatra Drive to Gerald Ford Drive
55
From Gerald Ford Drive to Dinah Shore Drive
55
Morningside Drive
From Frank Sinatra Drive to Country Club Drive
50
Ocotillo Road
From Highway 111 to Halgar Road
30
Plumley Road
From Dinah Shore Drive to Gerald Ford Drive
35
Ramon Road
From Da Vall Drive to Bob Hope Drive
55
From Bob Hope Drive to Interstate 10
45
Sahara Road
From Mirage Road to Magnesia Falls Drive
30
San Jacinto Drive
From Highway 111 to Indian Trail Road
30
Indian Trail Road to Rancho Las Palmas Drive
30
Sunny Lane
From Da Vall Drive to Palm View Road
30
From Palm View Road to Los Reyes Drive
30
Tamarisk Lane
From Palm View Road to Los Reyes Drive
30
Thompson Road
From La Paz Road to Frank Sinatra Drive
30
Verbenia Road
From Cholla Lane to Monterey Avenue
40
Vista Dunes Road
From Frank Sinatra Drive to Country Club Drive
25
(Ord. 139 § 1, 1977; Ord. 150 § 1, 1978; Ord. 355 § 1, 1986; Ord. 411 § 2, 1988; Ord. 491 § 1, 1991; Ord. 495 § 1, 1991; Ord. 641 § 2, 1995; Ord. 702 § 1, 1998; Ord. 717 § 1, 1999; Ord. 727 § 1, 2000; Ord. 769 § 1, 2001; Ord. 800 § 1, 2002; Ord. 883, § 2, 2004; Ord. 965 § 2, 2008; Ord. 969 § 2, 2008; Ord. 987 § 2, 2009; Ord. 1053 § 2, 2013; Ord. 1121 § 3, 2017; Ord. 1177 § 3, 2021)